Benefits

The course fee includes the awarding body registration and certification fee (valued at up to £30.00).

Additional Benefits

Study Guide

This guide is designed to help you with your study. It will help you to work more efficiently, manage your study time, improve your presentation of work, increase your ability to remember facts and concepts, and get the most out of your chosen course.

Improving Learning Skills Course

Studying is more than gathering information and reproducing it in assessment tasks such as essays and examinations. Studying involves knowing how to approach a problem, analysing the problem, identifying what you already know, deciding how to gather more information, and much more. This section will help you gain and improve your skills in studying.

Course outline

Studying is an active process. Open learning materials enable adult learners to take responsibility for their own learning. This course has been prepared as an open learning resource for people who wish to undertake a learning programme that involves them preparing for a period of studying. It is designed either to form part of any course of study or may be used as a freestanding guide by students.

You can use this course, as an active learner, to identify:

what you know already

what you need to know

what interests you

how to use your knowledge to enhance your critical awareness.

This course will enable you to improve your study skills and it is designed for students, practitioners and other people involved in learning and/or being assessed.

Syllabus

Introduction and Objectives

Learning to Learn

Setting Aside Time for Study

Concentration

Effective Reading

Effective Note-taking

Preparing to Write

Planning and Writing the Assignment

Assessment

Basic Research

Introduction to Computers

Spreadsheets and Excel

Using Databases and Access

Word Processing with MS Word

Cost of course:FREE to Elearnuk students

Cost to non-Elearnuk students: £125.00

Job Interview Skills Course

Getting the job you want is not about following rules or giving the 'right' interview answer. It is about presenting yourself in the most authentic way that takes care of you and the interviewers at the same time. So many people throw their chances away: they do not take enough care and interview preparation time so that the whole process is enjoyable, stimulating and informative for both parties. This course aims to show you how.

The Effective Learner Course

This course will consider the importance of study skills and how we can identify and enhance our current skill set. We will then take a closer look at different learning styles and how knowledge of our own preferences in this area can make our learning more effective. Finally we will look at some basic time management techniques to enable you to plan and organise your studies and stay motivated.

Tutor Support

As we impose no time limits on you to complete your course, we also provide unlimited tutor support throughout the duration of your course. Our team of dedicated, professional tutors have a wide variety of experience and expertise, are highly knowledgeable in their respective fields, and are trained to provide high-quality distance learning support.

Once enrolled, you will be assigned a named tutor who will offer help and guidance through your assignments, whenever needed. Your tutor will mark your submissions and assess your progress, providing you constructive and supportive feedback, and is on hand to answer any questions you may have throughout your course. Your tutor is part of a team of specialist tutors, so you can be sure you will always receive support whenever you need it. Our tutors mark assignments within 3-4 working days and finals within 10 working days.

Should you need assistance from your tutor at any point throughout your course, the best way to reach her/him is by e-mail and your query will promptly be answered within 72 hours. Our tutorial department can also be reached by post, or by phone during normal working hours.

Our friendly tutors are ready to help with any queries you may have. You need never feel stranded or cut off from help!

Games

A collection of games to sharpen your concentration or just take time out from studying.

Library

A collection of reference materials, links to e-journals, and reading lists compiled by our tutors.

Forum

Looking for a second opinion? The Student Learning Community (our online discussion forum) is the place for students to share their thoughts and information with each other. It offers our students the opportunity to engage and to gain help and support from one another.